paceo

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on the golf vr6 gave it a good going over today looking out for faults as i have the MOT soon.

slight pin prick hole in driveshaft CV joint, only put them on brand new a year ago! no leaking grease!

slight split (7mm) in the drivers side wishbone rubber bush, again they may not notice it and there is no play, these were genuine vw new a year ago

slight blow in exhaust joint

j6kyt

only if the mot'er is a cunt.

paceo

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its a friend of a friend, when i took the rs turbo up there i was talking to the mot man for over an hour

jayh2379

exhaust yes ,cv should if spotted ,but is up to the testers descrestion ,the bushes always go like that. ive had many mk3s that have gone thu no problems

Matt Baxter

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Cunt? what by doing his/her job

saph_Al

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If its an outter cv then yes if he spots it its a fail . And as long as theres no play and its not excesivley pershed and the blown from the exhaust isnt excesive then should be good . Oh and as above if hes not a total cunt .

Matt Baxter

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cv boot if theres no leaks then pass and advise, exhaust blow, up to tester tbh but if it is very slight then should be pass and advise, lower arm bush should be pass and advise also

all imo and yes I'm a cunt........ sorry a mot tester

paceo

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its the inner CV budd

Matt Baxter

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inners are now a fail if split/leaking

saph_Al

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matt the guy to answer the question . But im sure an inner cv isnt a fail if its not chuckin grease everywhere . However i may be very wrong.

phil_focus

I've always wondered this and as its relevant to this thread I'll ask.

If you have a hole in a cv boot from an object piercing it and the rest of the boot is fine can you patch it using a puncture repair kit?
I know it would look a bit odd but in theory it should work and will stop the loss of grease and the ingress of dirt and water.

Thoughts? Might be worth paceo doing this if the concensus is good.

krypton

Bit of a bodge but its worked when had no time to fit a new one is to put a dab of tiger seal on cv boot

saph_Al

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Technically if its not leaking and isnt damaged\decayed i dont see how it could be a fail .

Glenn_

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Inner cv boots are defo a fail now.

Cosnada

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If there is a pin hole in any knid of rubber boot (NOT PERISHED) then I super glue the hole / split. Worked every time. Has to be clean obviously though.

1.9 xr2 on 40's

if its a little hole you can get rubber glue or similar to cover it, maybe worth not doing so to not draw attention but even glued it should be passed

kosienutter

Yep. Inner cv boots failer has just come in according to a mechanic at Vosper Ford dealer. He glued a tiny hole on my O/S front cv inner boot. My Saph passed in the end even though one clamp on my exhaust was loose as fook

wRenRox_S2

inner c.v boots are fail now damaged/deteriorated to the extent that does not prevent the ingress of dirt but from how you describe pass and advise, depending on extent of leaking exhaust pass and advise, i would say pass and advise on the arm bush

MrEngineerdat

clean the rubber with degreaser and make it dry. then super glue, only a little bit mind... always works... and passes, as long as it doesnt crack open again before you test it.
Its gotta be said though, the surrounding rubber should flex around the join, my old xr2 had a super glued cv joint for 2yrs and it didnt let go.

jameswrx

Are some of you lot really discussing patching up cv boots with puncture repair kits or glue?

If it's got a hole in it, change it with a decent quality item.

What do you guys recommend for the blowing exhaust?.... Wattle and daub?

david 100

Should not have to bodge anything for a mot becuse if a car cannot be in first class condition one day of the year then it should not be on the road

studabear

Mot standard is only slightly better than fucked, anyone who tests knows this. Its a minimal standard at time of inspection.

Nismo

Yes I've done this 3 times and its passed, the 2nd time the bloke laughed at it but it was grand. Even herd a few other people doing it in my garage.

Glenn_

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My mot tester is a good friend of mine.When i removed my reat axle at the begining of the year.When i bled the rear brakes i left the spanner on the bleed nipple by mistake and my mot friend didnt even notice it ha ha fpmsl.I could hear this rattle on the reat when i was driving the car.I found it to be the spanner ops ha ha.

phil_focus

Now thats the anser I was waiting to here, cheers.

I personally would believe this to be less of a bodge than just a bit of glue as it should be a more permanent repair and last far longer. Obviously if the boot is perished and cracked then it needs to be replaced.

0150carmac

I would say it is all of these faults should only be an advise but again its the testers descrestion